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Kara Nelson

Kara Nelson-Wiesemeyer

  • Class
  • Induction
    2017
  • Sport(s)
    Softball

Four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, and two-time MVC Most Valuable Player (2007 and 2011) … ranks first in ISU and MVC history in career hits (301) and runs scored (189) … tops the ISU career batting average list and ranks second in MVC history at .401 … also holds ISU career records for doubles (49), games started (223), total bases (435) and at-bats (750) … 2010-11 ISU Jill Hutchison Female Athlete of the Year … named to the Easton All-America Second Team and earned Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Mideast Region Second-Team honors following her senior season in 2011 … also named one of 30 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award that season … led the conference in batting average (.417), hits (80) and total bases (112) in her final collegiate season … named a NFCA Third-Team All-American following her junior season in 2010, after batting .395 and leading the Valley in hits (68) and runs (49) after missing the 2009 season due to injury … member of the 2008 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team, after batting .401 on the season one year after hitting .415 as a freshman in 2007 … became the first freshman in MVC history to earn MVC Player of the Year honors and later earned 2007 Easton All-America First Team plaudits … also named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Second Team in her first season.

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